Starscream POV

Eight months... that's how long it has been since Enigma's death and so far, no one has stopped grieving. During the day, we would work hard, not even take a break for our daily Energon. During the night, it is filled with our cries and regret for not trying hard enough to save Enigma.

Enigma, one of the kindest and most hardworking beings I have ever met in all of my years of living. She always knew what to say to calm down a fight, how to talk to us about our pasts, and someone... who didn't see us as monsters.

"Commander." I was pulled out of my thoughts when someone called me. I turned around and saw Steve behind me. Both he and I have talked a lot and shown me that all the Vehicons aren't just mindless drones, but actually alive and can feel.

"Oh Steve, forgive me I was in deep thought. What is it you were saying?" I asked and Steve was showing me a data pad of the recent mine we had been collecting. When I looked at it, I was pleased that we were mining at a rapid rate, but not that the Vehicons and other Decepticons weren't at high efficiency.

I nodded and he left, while I went to give my report to Megatron. Out of all of us, besides me, Thundercracker, and Skywarp, Megatron took Enigma's death the hardest. He promised vengeance for Enigma's death and took back his deal with Prime, making the war start up again.

However, Prime tried to contact us, regarding why we took back our deal, but that made us fight even harder. The fact that he would forget Enigma... it was unforgivable! That one comment made us go out and fight them with every fiber of our being. We found one of their mining sites and blew it sky high, along with giving some of them some injuries as well.

As I walked through the halls, they were peaceful and no one was in sight. I found that odd since during this time of the day is when we are busiest. Then I remembered that some of our troops like to go and talk to Enigma's grave. I was also one of these, but I haven't gone in a while since I have been busy, along with TC and Warp.

When I opened the doors to the mainbridge, it was just as quiet as well, with the addition of Soundwave, with all his symbiotes next to him, decoding the Iacon database. I saw Megatron, looking over the mining site that was going on below us, and he seemed to be in deep thought. I walked up to him and bowed, saying "My liege."

He turned around and when he looked at me, he seemed to be tired, both physically and mentally. "Ah, Starscream, what has been going on at the mine?" I handed him the data pad and my notes on every matter.

He quickly skimmed through it and turned back to look at the mine, which was being monitored by Thundercracker and Skywarp. I stood behind him and was waiting for his input of the data gathered, but he just stared back down at everyone who was working. I was about to speak up, but he spoke first.

"You suggest that I make them take mandatory breaks?" He said and I nodded at him. "Yes, if we are attacked by the Autobots or their allies, then we have to make sure we are prepared and fighting at our highest efficiency."

He didn't say anything else, but neither did I as we looked through the ship, down below. It was quiet, something that I was used to after all these months, neither of us talking about anything, just staying in the silence. Until we received an alarm that a groundbridge was opening.

I quickly left the mainbridge and got to the flight deck where I transformed and quickly got near my trine, ready to protect them. I saw the Autobots charge out of the portal, but something was different from the way they came out.

They had no blasters out, or other weapons, the human children were with them as well and not finding cover, and most importantly... Prime's mask wasn't on. No matter though, I still aimed my missiles at them, same with everyone else at the mine, all furious and ready for a fight.

"PRIME!" I screamed and anyone who didn't know the Autobots were here now, knew. I saw another groundbridge open to reveal Soundwave and Megatron, while I heard fliers above us. Everyone's field radiated one thing: anger, and we were all ready to attack anyone that stood in our way of vengeance. I was about to fire, but Megatron stopped me, my guess is to mask in Prime's final moments of life, and I gladly let him have the spotlight.

All Decepticons stepped back and were waiting for the fight to begin, but Optimus just put his servos up. I was blinking my optics so much, making sure that I wasn't seeing what I thought I saw, but no... the Autobot leader was surrendering to us.

"Megatron, this war needs to end. Has there not been enough death already on both sides and the death of our planet? Please Megatron, we once had an agreement, why did you break it?" Optimus said and I realized he wasn't surrendering, he wanted answers... answers he already knew!!!

Me and my mates growled at Optimus and his team as they were looking around for someone, someone that they killed. "Where is Enigma?" Optimus said and when that name was spoken, a loud roar came from the sky and three predacons flying straight down to us.

They landed with dust and rocks being thrown around, but none of us cared and neither did they. They stayed in their regular forms and I could see fire building up in their mouths. The glare Predaking gave to the Autobots was even more intimidating than the one I received when I first met him. Darksteel and Skylynx both growled and made their way over to Prime, but Makeshift and Barricade stopped them as they waited, like all of us.

I was just glaring at the bots, but one of the human children, Jack I believe his name was, came in front of the bots and started to speak. "Look, you all have lost enough. Shouldn't you want peace after all this time of fighting, aren't you tired of it all?"

I will admit, he did have a way with words, but he was also looking around. My guess is the 'amazing and heroic leader' didn't tell his human allies what he did. "Starscream, we need to talk to Enigma. Everyone is asking where she is and what has happened to her."

"Yeah!" The girl with pink hair said, Miko was her name, and ran up to me. Her guardian tried to stop her, but she was stubborn... just like almost everyone on the ship.

I knelt down to the children, trying to fight back the tears in my optics, and said, "I'm not surprised your leader didn't tell you what happened?" They all looked confused and nervous as I continued to talk.

"Enigma... is dead." All the Autobots optics widened when I said that and I went back to my mates. I still hated talking about that day, how I couldn't save her, how I failed my trineleader duties. Thundercracker and Skywarp both put a servo on my shoulder and sent over positive emotions through our bond.

The youngest human, who looked like he was about to cry, said, "W-what happened to her?" No one at that moment felt anger or the want to kill, we all just felt devastated in that moment, and the Autobots looked even more surprised at us.

"Surprised that we can actually feel?" I heard Megatron say and he walked up to Optimus, I could see he was trying to hold his own tears and was doing a good job. Optimus still was in shock and confused at all of us being this depressed, but two-wheeler had to open her mouth.

"Please, I'm sure you all killed her! I knew you were all nothing but- Ahhh!" She didn't even finish her sentence when Darksteel bit down on her entire arm and ripped it off. After she said that, all that anger and thirst for vengeance rose back up in us and we were ready to attack, but Megatron held us back.

"I suggest you do NOT speak ill of the dead, Autobot scum!" Megatron screamed as Bulkhead and Bumblebee helped her get up as Optimus came closer to Megatron and said, "You have my condolences, but why continue the war? She would want you not to meet her in death so soon."

When he said that, the energon in my circuits started to boil and I was about to run to attack, but I was held back by Dreadwing and Skyquake, while TC and Warp were being held by Airachnid and some Insecticons. I was trying my best to get out of their grip, but they both had a strong grip on my arms.

"You fragger!" I screamed at him and at that moment, I snapped. "You know why this happened and why we are still fighting! You killed her in the mines!"

When I said that, all of them froze in their place and looked at me like I was crazy, but I just snarled and started to fight even harder in both Dreadwing and Skyquake grip. But I then felt a prick in my neck and then felt... tired. I fought as hard as I could, but tiredness clouded my vision and soon felt myself being forced into recharge, but I also felt Thundercracker and Skywarp go into recharge as well.

Before I fell into recharge, I looked back at Optimus and the other Autobots and could only muster enough energy to say one word: "M-murderers."